- (1933 - 1963) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1933) Stage Play: Peace on Earth. Drama. Written by George Sklar and Albert Maltz. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Civic Repertory Theatre: 29 Nov 1933- 17 Mar 1934 (126 performances). Cast: Abner Biberman (as "Ensemble"), Donald Black, John Boruff (as "Stephen Hamill/Max/Radio Announcer"), Halliam Bosworth (as "President Howard"), John Brown, John Caraway, Carl Carlsen, Allace Carroll, Julia Colin, Joe Connors, Harry Constantine, Thomas Coffin Cooke, Alvin Dexter, Charles Esdale, Elliot Fisher, Earl Ford, Clyde Franklin, John Garfield (as "The Messenger") [credited as Jules Garfield], Mary George, David Gray, Millicent Green (as "Rose"), Fred Herrick, Ethel Intropidi (as "Jo Owens"), Robert Keith (as "Peter Owens"), David Kerman (as "Fenning"), Victor Kilian (as "Fred Miller"), David Lesan, James MacDonald, George Nafely, Caroline Newcombe, George Russell, Sigmund Salomon, Paul Stein, Ralph Steves, Mara Tartar, Charles Thompson, Frank Tweddell (as "Krauss/Bill Prentice/Attorney Gordon"), Walter Vonnegut, W. Washington, Jack Williams. Produced by The Theatre Union.
- (1934) Stage Play: Peace on Earth. Drama [return engagement]. Written by George Sklar and Albert Maltz. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. 44th Street Theatre: 31 Mar 1934- 17 Apr 1934 (18 performances). Cast: Abner Biberman (as "The Guard"), Donald A. Black, John Boruff (as "Walter McCracken"), Halliam Bosworth, Alice Brooks, John Brown, Allace Carroll, Thomas Coffin Cooke, Alvin Dexter, Charles Esdale, Earl Ford, John Garfield (as "Bob Peters/The Messenger"), David Gray, Millicent Green (as "Rose"), Ethel Intropidi (as "Jo Owens"), David Kerman, David Lesan, James MacDonald, Hilda Reis, Paul Stein, Mara Tartar, Charles Thompson, Frank Tweddell (as "Krauss/Bill Prentice/Attorney Gordon"), Walter Vonnegut, Maurice Wells, Crane Whitley (as "Fred Miller") [credited as Clem Wilenchick]. Produced by The Theatre Union.
- (1934) Stage Play: Sailors of Cattaro. Drama. Written by Friedrich Wolf. Directed by Irving Gordon. Civic Repertory Theare; 10 Dec 1934- Mar 1935 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Abner Biberman, John Boruff, Edwin Clare, Theodore Cohen, Howard Da Silva, Samson Gordon, Ernest Gann, Harold Johnsrud (as "Ensign Julio"), David Kerman (as "Sailor/Soldier"), Edward Mann, James McDonald, William Nichols, Sidney Packer, Wendell K. Phillips (as "Sailor/Soldier"), Tom Powers (as "Franz Rasch"), Robert Reed, Frederick Roland, William Schap-Kevisch, Paul Stein, Charles Thompson, George Tobias (as "Alois"), Martin Wolfson (as "Anton Grabar"). Produced by the Theatre Union Inc.
- (1935) Stage Play: Ceiling Zero. Written by Frank Wead [only Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by John Root. Directed by Antoinette Perry. Music Box Theatre: 10 Apr 1935- Jul 1935 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: John Bohn (as "Les Bogan"), John Boruff, Geoffrey Bryant (as "Bob Wilkins"), Chester Clute (as "Baldy Wright"), John Drew Colt (as "Dick Peterson"), Joseph Downing, Walter Greaza (as "Al Stone"), Gladys Griswold (as "Dodo Harvey"), Alan Hale Jr. (as "Tay Lawson"), John F. Hamilton (as Mike Owens"), Nedda Harrigan (as "Mary Lee"), John Huntington (as "Joe Allen"), Hope Lawder, John Litel, Osgood Perkins (as "Jake Lee"), Margaret Perry (as "Tommy Thomas"), Philip Remar (as "Jerry Stevens"), Grandon Rhodes (as "Fred Adams"), G. Albert Smith (as "Texas Clark"), Ben Starkie (as "Eddie Payson"), James Todd (as "Smiley Johnson"). Produced by Brock Pemberton. Note: Filmed by Cosmopolitan Productions [distributed by Warner Bros.] as Ceiling Zero (1936) and by Warner Bros. as International Squadron (1941).
- (1935) Stage Play: Mother. Musical. Written by Bertolt Brecht. Music by Hanns Eisler, Jerome Moross and Alex North. Translated by Paul Peters. From a novel by Maxim Gorky'. Directed by Victor Wolfson. Civic Repertory Theatre: 19 Nov 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/36 performances). Cast: Frances Bavier (as "Woman," "The Butcher's Wife," and "Lydia Antonovna"), John Boruff (as "Pavel Vlasov"), Lee J. Cobb (as "A Policeman," "Smilgin," and "Vasil Yefimovich"), Millicent Green (as "Vera Stefanovna"), Helen Henry, Lester Lonergan, Jr., James MacDonald, Robert Miller, Charles Niemeyer, Bradley Louis Roberts, Tony Ross, Herbert Rudley, Guy Smith, Jr., Hester Sondergaard (as "Masha"), Martin Wolfson (as "Ivan Vesovchikov"), Stanley G. Wood. Produced by The Theatre Union.
- (1935) Stage Play: Bitter Stream. Drama. Written by Victor Wolfson. From "Fontamara" by Ignazio Silone. Directed by Jacob Ben-Ami and Charles Freidman. Civic Repertory Theatre: 30 Mar 1936- May 1936 (closing date unknown/61 performances). Cast: Frances Bavier (as "Soreanera"), Walter Beck, Malcolm Lee Beggs, John Boruff (as "The Stranger"), Lee J. Cobb (as "Don Circonstantza"), Frank Conlan, Carlo Conte, Lizzie Cubitt, Harry Davis, Billy Dunkley, Sam Gordon, Millicent Green, Robert Harris, Franklin Heller, David Hoffman, Charles Jordan, Regina Kahn, Manart Kippen (as "Inspector"), Harry Levian, Edward Mann, Paul Marian, Sydney Mason, Rolla Normund, Sidney Packer, Vincent Sherman (as "Scarpone"), Hester Sondergaard, Jerry Sylvan, Lili Eisenlohr Valenty, Albert Dekker (as "Berardo"), Marjorie Wood, P.A. Xantho. Produced by The Theatre Union.
- (1936) Stage Play: Timber House. Melodrama. Written by John Boruff. Directed by J. Edward Shugrue. Longacre Theatre: 19 Sep 1936 (1 performance). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Alvina Glouster"), Melvin Benstock, Donald Cameron, Ann Dere (as "Mohena"), Paul Hammond, Lenita Lane, Thomas Louden, Edward Marr, Robert Shayne. Produced by Charles E. Fiske and Paul Hammond.
- (1936) Stage Play: Daughters of Atreus. Written by Robert Turney. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Frederic McConnell. 44th Street Theatre: 14 Oct 1936- Oct 1936 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Barbara Adams, John Boruff (as "Vortigern"), Sidney Bryson, Richard Burdette, Eileen Burns, Hal Conklin, Thomas Coffin Cooke, Olive Deering (as "Iphegeneia"), Ben Edwards, Ann Freschmann, Vincent Gardner, Leslie Gorall, Gale Gordon (as "Agamemnon"), John Grimshaw, Harry Irvine, James Larmore, Clara Mahr, Eleonora Mendelssohn, Tom Neal (as "Hippolytos"), Gilda Oakleaf, Edmond O'Brien (as "Pylades"), Carla Ogle, Maria Ouspenskaya (as "Polymnia"), Melvin Parks, Gordon Peters, Eleanor Powers, Carl Rodgers, Joanna Roos, Arthur Sachs, Michael Sage, Howard Sherman, Edgar Stehli (as "Cheops"), Robert Stewart, Edward Trevor (as "Achilles"), William Van Gundy, Louis Varca, Helen Walpole, Franklin Webb, Cornel Wilde (as "Phaon"), Eric Wollencott, Elizabeth Young. Produced by Delos Chappell.
- (1938) Stage Play: Washington Jitters. Written by John Boruff and Walter Hart, from a novel by Dalton Trumbo. Directed by Walter Hart and Worthington Miner. Guild Theatre: 2 May 1938- May 1938 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Dorothy Brackett (as "Tourist/Jenny Bronson"), Norma Chambers (as "Secretary/Hostess"), Kendall Clark (as "Jerry/Photographer), David Clarke (as "Guide/2nd Senator/McGinty/Jed"), Edwin Cooper (as "1st Senator/A Sign-Painter"), Will Geer (as "Senator Briggs"), Charles Gordon (as "Footman"), Kathryn Grill (as "Mrs. Nelson"), John Huntington (as "Footman"), Rose Keane (as "Miss Preston"), Forrest Orr (as "Hamilton Dill"), John O'Shaughnessy (as "Clerk/Senator Ransom"), Douglas Parkhurst (as "Waiter/Waiter at Carleton"), Francis Pierlot (as "Senator Marple"), Robert Porterfield (as "Sam Dawson"), Anthony Ross (as "Harvey Upp"), Harry Shannon (as "Mehafferty"), Helen Shields (as "Eula Keefer"), Lesley Stafford (as "Mrs. Dwight"), Fred Stewart (as "Henry Hogg"), George Taylor (as "Coward"), Robert Thomsen (as "Perigord"), Bertram Thorn (as "Congressman Fusser"), Erik Walz (as "Radio Announcer/Manager"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. Produced in association with The Actors Repertory Company.
- (1938) Stage Play: Waltz in Goose Step. Drama. As "Josef Straub."
- (1939) Stage Play: The Three Sisters. Drama. As "Baron Tuzenbach."
- (1940) Stage Play: The Male Animal. Comedy. Written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Cort Theatre: 9 Jan 1940- 3 Aug 1940 (243 performances). Cast: Leon Ames (as "Joe Ferguson"), Richard Beckhard, John Boruff (as "Newspaper Reporter"), Matt Briggs, Don DeFore (as "Wally Myers"), Ruth Matteson, Elliott Nugent (as "Tommy Turner"), Minna Phillips (as "Mrs. Blanche Damon"), Amanda Randolph, Robert Scott, Ivan Simpson, Gene Tierney (as "Patricia Stanley"), Regina Wallace. Produced by Herman Shumlin.
- (1944) Stage Play: Bright Boy. Comedy. Playwright.
- (1953) Stage Play: The Fifth Season. Comedy-farce.
- (1956) Stage Play: The Loud Red Patrick. Comedy. Playwright. Directed by Robert Douglas. Ambassador Theatre: 3 Oct 1956- 22 Dec 1956 (93 performances). Cast included: Nancy Devlin, Arthur Kennedy, James Karr, David Wayne.
- (1957) Stage Play: Look Homeward, Angel. Drama.
- (1960) Stage Play: The 49th Cousin. As "Rabbi Ansbacher."
- (1963) Stage Play: Bicycle Ride to Nevada. Written by Robert Thom. Based on the novel "Dangerfield" by Barnaby Conrad. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Cort Theatre: 24 Sep 1963 (1 performance). Cast: John Boruff (as "Bentley"), Violet Dunn, Richard Jordan, Ron Leibman (as "Rip Calabria"), John Marriott, Paul McGrath, Barbara Mostel, Leona Powers, Leslie Redford, Guy Repp (as "Chandler"), Lois Smith, Franchot Tone (as "Winston Sawyer"). Understudy: Sally Kirkland. Produced by Roger L. Stevens and Herman Shumlin. Produced in association with Nelson Morris and Randolph Hale.
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